Papers, 1928-1948.

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Papers, 1928-1948.

General correspondence files arranged by state, 1928-1933; special correspondence files, 1928-1933, concerning appointments, campaigns, conventions, farm problems, European affairs in 1931, labor, pensions, prohibition, Veterans Bureau, West Point appointments, patronage requests, and other issues. Campaign materials and clippings from the 1932 campaign. Papers of the Library and Research Bureau, 1928-1933, consisting of correspondence, clippings, reports, speeches, news releases, and other materials relating to agriculture, budget, child welfare, conventions, elections, legislation, foreign affairs, Herbert Hoover, inter-allied debt, labor, polls, prohibition, Reconstruction Finance Corporation, women voters, and other issues. Letters of endorsement for officials and agencies, other patronage correspondence and records, 1932-1940. Correspondence files of James A. Farley, Chairman, 1936. Correspondence with state leaders, 1940-1948, and with prominent Democratic leaders, 1941-1948. Speeches and speech drafts, including those of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936-1946. Scrapbooks of press releases, political cartoons, campaign materials, and speeches, 1929-1944.

348 linear ft.

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